Medical condition

 Yesterday I went to the hospital to find out about the results of a blood test that I had done a while back. This blood test was done to determine whether or not I have a the same medical condition as my brother and my dad. Their suspicions were confirmed, I have an uncommon genetic disease known as "hyper IgE," or "Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome." I am not overly educated on what this condition does exactly, but what I do know about it is that it involves having a higher amount of a specific antibody referred to as IgE, and there are several negative side affects of this. Specifically, less of an effective response against infections and diseases. I am not sure how long it takes for this disease to actually start causing me problems, or even that it will, for that matter, but one should be aware.

 My dad has had this condition his whole life, and it has been in more recent years that it has actually started to affect him from what information I was able to gather. My younger brother, however, has had this condition directly affecting him for a large portion of his life. I, however, have not gotten very ill in a long time, and when I have gotten ill, my immune system has been most effective. However I will be starting up treatment soon, I think, that will prevent me from contracting some very unpleasant diseases. As confident as I may feel, the truth is I am somewhat more at risk than most people my age of getting a deadly disease or something like that.

 I suppose that what made my parents wonder if I had this condition was the fact that I look so much like my dad. A large amount of my facial features I have inherited from him, combine that with skin problems when I was younger and the fact that my baby teeth took a long time to extract themselves. All of those were signs that I may have had this condition. The fact that my brother has it as well defiantly made the possibility even more likely.

 I am not sure as to what I should expect when the treatment starts. I suppose needles will be involved, I don't like needles being poked into my flesh. It stings. But I suppose it will be necessary, in order to get the antibodies required for the body's defense. Oh well.

 On a lighter note, I am finally done the midterms! Which means that I am half way through the school year. I have a mixture of emotions towards this, both sad and relieved. Once the school year is done, I can relax somewhat more freely. On the other hand, school allows for a constant to be maintained in my schedule, a reason to go anywhere at all. Oh well, that still isn't for several months yet.